Amorim says there is “no chance” star will be fit for tomorrow’s match against Wolves

Ruben Amorim says there is “no chance” Bruno Fernandes will play against Wolves tomorrow. The Manchester United head coach was speaking at the pre-match press conference ahead of tomorrow’s Premier League tie. The presser took place immediately after the Newcastle United post-match one, with comments embargoed until now. The first question was about injuries and whether anyone who is on the injury list will be available. “No;” he said. “I don’t know how Mase [Mason Mount] is going to be for that game. I think Kobbie Mainoo is not going to be ready. Bruno is not going to be ready. I think Matta [Matthijs de Ligt] is not going to be ready. Harry [Maguire] is not going to be ready. So I think we are not going to have more players.” The reporter asked “Would you expect them, possibly for the Leeds game, any of them back?” “I expect Bruno,” he said. “Bruno was already saying that he needs to train, but we don’t know. We don’t know. Kobbie Mainoo is going to start on the pitch also. We will see, Matta is struggling a little bit. I read the same thing. I don’t expect to have the players for this game, for the other game. I don’t know.” The next question was about Wolves and how important it is not to take a step back against them. “Yeah, of course. They show that against Arsenal, they could want at least one point,” he said. “In Premier League, you never know. They have their problems. We have our problems, but in this game, there is no excuses. We need to win. We’ll try to win the game.” Was there any chance Fernandes would twist Amorim’s arm to play tomorrow? “No chance he’s going to play. No chance he’s going to play against Wolves. You can write that;” he laughed. The next question was: “On recruitment, you’ve mentioned in the past that there’s been mistakes here in previous years. It’s been a long-term problem. It feels like this year, recruitment has been good. We’ve seen you spoke about Ayden [Heaven], Dorgu has had a good game tonight. All the players in the summer feel like they’re contributing and improving the team. Why has recruitment been right?” Amorim answered: “I don’t know. Sometimes you need a little bit luck, I think they have potential to do more. I think we are doing things. Sometimes I have one idea, Jason and the board has another idea, and every decision that we make, we need to reach a common ground. That is really important because you don’t need to make everything for the manager because the manager can change, then you need to change everything. But you also need to understand that the manager understands the way of playing.” “Every player that comes here, we will try to… If you don’t reach common ground, the player will not come. We just try to do that. We try to make all the assessments of how they live, how they train, the characteristics. I think we did well, but I think they have more to give. If you talk about Cunha, for example, Ayden is a young guy, Cunha and Bryan, they are from here, from our league, so it’s easier for them to perform.” Please keep hitting refresh as we bring you the latest comments to be released. There will not be an embargoed section of this presser. Kick-off tomorrow is at 8.15pm. See our predicted XI for the game here. Featured image Michael Steele via Getty Images The Peoples Person has been one of the world’s leading Man United news sites for over a decade. Follow us on Bluesky: @peoplesperson.bsky.social Red Billy Red Billy is the managing editor of The Peoples Person, author of three books and two magazines and totally obsessed with football’s transfer market. Billy first saw United live in 1971, watching George Best, Bobby Charlton and Denis Law, before becoming a League Match ticket book holder from 1975/76 and a writer since 1995. Billy still insists Matteo Darmian and Alex Telles could have made it at United given half a chance.